Question 22 • $2526: sem 1: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW
Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.1.) It is easy to write the line "people starve to death"; it is much harder to deal with the harsh reality. 2.) But you need to understand this point, if only to see how little choice you might have in what you eat. 3.) The itinerant poor might literally die in the street.
Answer
A
It highlights the number of impoverished people in Elizabethan England.
B
It explains how the reader can avoid dealing with the hungry poor.
C
It illustrates how the diet of Elizabethan England can benefit the reader.
D
It emphasizes why this passage is important to the reader personally.
Explanation
Sentence 2 directly connects the subject to the reader by saying that understanding hunger helps you see how little choice you might have about what to eat. This makes the passage personally relevant, rather than simply highlighting how many people were poor or offering advice on avoiding them. The correct choice is “It emphasizes why this passage is important to the reader personally.”
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